Chapter 47: Count Solon’s Ambition (Please read! Please recommend!)
Chapter 47: Lord Solon’s Ambition Lord Solon.
Located on the coast, Sorenburg is a traditional Norman-style lord castle that has stood on the seaside for nearly a hundred years.
Its walls have been polished by the years, and after being ravaged by sea breeze and waves time and time again, they are left with countless mottled marks.
The sea breeze blew into the castle through the window, ruffling Count Soren's white hair.
The fifty-six-year-old Earl of Solon, Corey Buckley, was leaning on a gorgeous chair. His eyes passed over the candlesticks on the table and stared blankly at a huge map hanging on the wall.
What is depicted on the map is the Territory of Sauron and the Gran Highlands south of the Territory of Sauron.
The dispute between the Lords of Soren and Idar over the Gran Highlands has never ceased. It seems that since the first Earl of Soren was conferred, the two neighbors have fought each other countless times. After all these years of competition, both sides have won and lost alternately, and neither side has given in. They even glare at each other every time they meet.
However, Earl Soren finally took the initiative in the conflicts of previous years and swallowed up a large area of territory that originally belonged to the Idar Lord in one go.
The reason was that the old Earl of Idar had passed away, and the new Earl of Idar, Bruno Stuart, was just a young and inexperienced spendthrift. He ate and drank lavishly and spent money lavishly. Everything in Idar depended on the support of the butler, Old Ford...
The repeated victories made the elderly Earl Soren ecstatic, and thus he began to think about completely swallowing up the Grand Highlands.
Let the Grand Highlands completely become a part of Sauron's territory!
This goal has almost become the motivation for the aging Earl Solon to continue living! Earl Solon deeply believes that with just one more war, Solon can drive the Stuart family of Idar out of the Grand Highlands forever.
He had long coveted the iron ore in the Golan Heights, but due to his covetous neighbor, the Lord of Idar, he had never been able to carry out large-scale mining in the Golan Heights.
only……
In the eyes of Count Soren, the opportunity to completely defeat Lord Idar has arrived!
The Sky Garden was a huge project, and it was impossible to hide it from the neighbors. Besides, Bruno had never thought of hiding it...
The news that the prodigal noble next door spent a large sum of money to build a garden had already been brought to the attention of Earl Soren.
"Spending thousands of gold coins a month... It looks like that little guy is planning to give up the Grand Highlands..." Earl Soren said to himself.
In fact, when Earl Soren first heard the news, he was a little bit skeptical.
Are you kidding me? These noble territories in the eastern part of the empire are all in a mess. They have no money and no people. They would be thankful if they could get 4,000 to 5,000 gold coins in taxes a year. Where would they get so much spare money to build a garden?
Not to mention the remote east, even the ordinary earls and lords in the rich places in the central and western parts of the empire could not afford to spend thousands of gold coins every month! In his opinion, if one wanted to build a garden of this scale, one would have to have the financial resources of a marquis or even a duke!
As for Idar Territory? It's impossible!
However, the large-scale personnel and resource mobilization carried out by Idar in recent days undoubtedly enhanced the credibility of the source of the news, which forced Earl Soren to believe this ridiculous information.
Therefore, Earl Soren firmly believed that this was the best time ever!
Once he can successfully swallow up the Grand Highlands, then with the support of the huge amount of iron ore in the Grand Highlands, he will become one of the best nobles in the entire eastern part of the empire!
Maybe... he can also become a noble member of the Regency Council!
When he thought of this, Earl Soran suddenly felt elated.
The number of seats allocated by the Regency Council to the eastern part of the empire was already very small, and almost all of them were taken by a few old guys from the Vals Plain. If he became a member of the Regency Council, there would be many benefits...
The more Earl Soran thought about it, the more distant it became. Before he knew it, a happy smile appeared on his old face...
"Father……"
When Earl Soren was immersed in his fantasy, a sudden voice interrupted his beautiful fantasy.
"What for?" Earl Soren asked unhappily.
The person who came was Earl Soren's eldest son, Herman Buckley.
Herman Barkley is in his early thirties, has golden hair, is big and strong, and is in sharp contrast to the skinny Duke of Soran.
"I heard you were looking for me?" Herman asked directly.
As the only son of Count Thorn, Herman Barclay currently commands all the soldiers in Thorn and personally participated in the battle with Idar for the Gran Highlands in the past few years.
As the only heir to Earl Thoron, the young and energetic Herman Barclay perfectly fits the proud attitude of the current Norman nobles and regards the dignity of the nobility as the most important thing.
"Spring is almost here. It's time to call back those lazy soldiers." The elderly Earl Soren said in a deep voice.
"You mean..." Hearing Count Soren's words, Herman Buckley's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Gather your knights and soldiers, and try to completely annex the Gran Highlands before the spring plowing begins, and drive the Idar people into the garden they spent a huge amount of money to build!" Earl Soren ordered.
"Haha..." Herman Buckley laughed, "Don't worry, father. Give me some time. In less than a month, your son will be able to drink afternoon tea in that garden..."
The fact that Count Bruno Stuart of Idar spent huge sums of money to build a garden has long been laughed at. In Herman Barkley's opinion, the current Lord Idar is not even strong on the outside but weak on the inside, and may not even be able to pay the soldiers' salaries.
And if I attack the Idar Territory now... the other side might collapse at the first blow, and it would just be a formality.
It wasn't that Herman Buckley underestimated his opponent, but Bruno Stuart had always given people the impression of being an absolute spendthrift...
"Having said that... you still have to be careful. It is said that the young Earl Idar integrated the army of Idar a few days ago. I don't know what happened to him..." Earl Soren warned with some concern.
"Him? How can a little brat who has never been to the battlefield know how to train an army? He's just messing around." Herman Buckley didn't care about it at all.
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